hero — a poem prompted by reason2rhyme

Karen at reason2rhyme has suggested we write a poem to tribute a hero. Stop by and give it a try.

Hero
just words to some
who have never known the darkest times

Steadfast
though Britain stands alone
through will and bulldog grit
infuses strength into the nation they call home

Leader
Against all odds protecting moor and meadow
a nation gaunt and grim
defiant beneath death and slavery’s shadow

Bold
rallied from beneath the blitzkrieg’s blow
“we shall fight in the hills, we shall never surrender”
When just across the Channel lies the foe

desperate
young men soar again, again into the sky
in hurricanes and nimble spitfires
defend the coast no rest just fly or die

humbled
at the cost in men that must come due
“never in the field of human conflict
has so much been owed by so many to so few”

victorious
hard won, still free at last
but at the cost of Britain’s empire
cast aside reminder of a painful past

forgotten
no longer taught in schools
a passing relic
a meaningless event, an ancient fool

hero
some are born when need arises
step to the breach the gap to fill
greatest of his generation

Churchill

* quoted passages are from speeches by Winston Churchill, 1875 – 1965

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